Kvazar KM1810BM 88

Kvazar is an Ukrainian manufacturer from the USSR-era. They made perfectly matching Intel 8088 and 8086 clones. As seen on the picture they used white packaging with gold-colored pins. I like that color combination!

I've tested this CPU in my ARC 8088 system and it works as a normal 4,77MHz/5MHz 8088 CPU. The only problem I faced is that my 8088 boots up with turbo mode on (=8MHz) which can only be set back to 5MHz a few seconds after booting. This means I have to boot the CPU overclocked (double the clock frequency as normal!) and set it back to 5MHz before it crashes.

Kvazar also made an 8086 that looks interesting, too. Not white with gold, but black with a separate part in the middle that houses the CPU core. See this link for the 8086 version .

A similar processor has been benchmarked! Click here to see this processor and the benchmarks.